U.S. First Day Cover Cachet Display Catalog:
Cachetmaker: "FDOI" General Purpose Cachets
Part of the U.S. First Day Cover Cachet Display Catalog
by Douglas H. Henkle, AFDCS LM #137,
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(last updated .06-30-2024)
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This page displays First Day Covers with General Purpose (GP) cachets created by known and unknown Cachetmakers that include the words:
"First Day of Issue" (FDOI).
What's New on this page
Wanted: a 300 bpi / 600 pixel wide (or greater) .jpg scan of any unlisted cachet, and ALSO any cachet marked ***
Email it to: henkle@pobox.com
Subject for this page: Doug Henkle unlisted "FDOI" General Purpose cachet
(an email with any other subject or with any other graphical format will be ignored IF it has an attachment)
U.S. Scott #nnn = U.S. Scott Catalog number.
mm-dd-yyyy = First Day of Issue
Other General Purpose (GP) cachet pages:
Eagles
-- 1DC and 1DI
-- FDC
-- FDI
-- FDOI
Identifier of all the GP's above on one page
General Purpose "Border" Cachets
Note that each General Purpose Cachet has been assigned its own unique "GP#" Catalog Number.
"First Day of Issue" Type Menu -- Either click on the "First Day of Issue" Catalog Number or the Thumbnail:
FDOI-1
-- FDOI-2
-- FDOI-3
-- FDOI-4
-- FDOI-5/FDOI-6/FDOI-7/FDOI-8/FDOI-9
-- FDOI-10
-- FDOI-11
-- FDOI-12
-- FDOI-13
-- FDOI-14
-- FDOI-14a
-- FDOI-15
-- FDOI-15a
-- FDOI-16
-- FDOI-17
-- FDOI-18
-- FDOI-19
-- FDOI-20
-- FDOI-21
-- FDOI-22
-- FDOI-23
-- FDOI-24
-- FDOI-25
-- FDOI-26
-- FDOI-27
-- FDOI-28
-- FDOI-29
-- FDOI-30
-- FDOI-31
-- FDOI-32
-- FDOI-33
-- FDOI-34
Eagle1
-- Eagle5b
-- Eagle10
-- Eagle13
-- Eagle14
FDOI Eagles
GP#FDOI-1a
-- GP#FDOI-1b
-- GP#FDOI-2a
-- GP#FDOI-3a
-- GP#FDOI-3b
-- GP#FDOI-3c
-- GP#FDOI-4a
- #FDOI-1a -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-1a -- unknown
#795-GP6, 7-13-1937, XII:25
-- #796, 8-18-1937, NIP
-- #802-GP21-NIP, 12-15-1937
![General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-1a on Scott #802 - unknown General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-1a on Scott #802 - unknown](../scott/800/802/802-gp21-fdoi-1a-dhh.jpg)
#FDOI-1b -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-1b -- unknown
#806, 6-03-1938
-- #803-834-GP15a, 5-19-1938, etc., XIV:68-69 (unknown)
-- #837-GP5, 7-15-1938, XV:61 (unknown)
#FDOI-1c -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-1c -- unknown
#795, 7-13-1937
-- #803-834-GP15, 5-19-1938, etc., XIV:68 (unknown)
With a different center picture and lettering, this same unknown Cachetmaker made a cachet for specific issues. A very poor photocopy of the "Army" variety is pictured in Planty but I have not seen one. -- (USSS*)
#786-795-26, various dates, XI:38
USSS* = pictured in "The 1ยข Navy Stamp of the Army-Navy Series" by Paul M. Holland
[The U.S. Specialist #1120, 6/2023, Vol. 94(6), p. 273]
- #FDOI-2a, Blue -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-2a, Blue
-- J.A. Burnett
#752-GP2, 3-15-1935, VII:91
-- #756-GP2, 3-15-1935, VII:91
-- #758-GP2, 3-15-1935, VII:91
-- #773, 5-29-1935
![General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-2a on Scott #773 - J.A. Burnett General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-2a on Scott #773 - J.A. Burnett](../scott/750/773/773-gp2c-fdoi-2a-ebay.jpg)
#FDOI-2a.1, Black -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose modified for #737-738-66 -- GP#FDOI-2a.1
-- J.A. Burnett
Same as #FDOI-2a but with "MOTHER'S DAY" as part of the design.
#FDOI-2a.2, Black multicolor -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose modified for #737-738-66 -- GP#FDOI-2a.2
-- J.A. Burnett
#C19-GP5-NIP, 6-30-1934, VII:49
-- #740-GP1, 7-16-1934, VII:49
Same design as #FDOI-2a
#FDOI-2b -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-2b
-- J.A. Burnett
Same as #FDOI-2a with the Lincoln Memorial in the center as on GP#FDOI-1b and GP#FDOI-3b. I have not seen one on-line or in Planty.
#FDOI-2c -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-2c
-- J.A. Burnett
Same as #FDOI-2a with the Washington Monument in the center as on GP#FDOI-1c and GP#FDOI-3c. I have not seen one on-line or in Planty.
- #FDOI-3a -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-3a
-- J.A. Burnett
#775-GP3, 11-01-1935
-- #776-GP9, 3-02-1936
-- #784-GP6, 8-26-1936, X:97
![General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-3a on Scott #784 - J.A. Burnett General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-3a on Scott #784 - J.A. Burnett](../scott/750/784/784-gp6-fdoi-3a-ebay.jpg)
#FDOI-3b -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-3b
-- J.A. Burnett
#776-GP9b, 3-02-1936
-- #777-GP10, 5-04-1936
-- #784-GP6a, 8-26-1936, X:97
#FDOI-3c -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-3c
-- J.A. Burnett
#776-GP9a, IX:48, 3-02-1936
-- #784-GP6b, 8-26-1936, X:97
- #FDOI-4 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-4
-- J.A. Burnett
#704-715-10, 1-01-1932, III:91-92
![General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-4 on Scott #704/705/712-10 (back) - J.A. Burnett General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-4 on Scott #704/705/712-10 (back) - J.A. Burnett](../scott/700/704/704-705-712-10-fdoi-4a-1b-ebay.jpg)
Searching through Planty Volumes 3 - 12, I found the following Cataloged examples of the above cachets. Some are identified as
J.A. Burnett, and some are "Unknown". Following up, from a consensus of the collectors contacted about these designs, all
GP#FDOI-2, GP#FDOI-3 and GP#FDOI-4 are by
J.A. Burnett. However, GP#FDOI-1 remains unidentified.
704-715-10 -- GP#FDOI-4 -- III:91-92
none -- IV
none -- V
737-738-66 -- GP#FDOI-2a -- VI, p. 88
740-749-GP1 -- GP#FDOI-2a -- VII, p. 49
750-GP1 -- GP#FDOI-2a -- VII, p. 58
752-771-GP2 -- GP#FDOI-2a -- VII, P. 91
772-GP1 -- GP#FDOI-2a -- VIII, p. 23
773-GP2 -- GP#FDOI-3a -- VIII, p. 43
774-GP18 -- GP#FDOI-3a -- VIII, p. 64
775-GP3 -- GP#FDOI-3a -- VIII, p. 87
776-GP9 -- GP#FDOI-3a -- IX, p. 48
776-GP9 -- GP#FDOI-3a -- IX, p. 48
776-GP9a -- GP#FDOI-3c -- IX, p. 48
778-GP4b -- GP#FDOI-3b -- IX, p. 101
782-GP2 -- X, p. 26
783-GP7 -- X, p. 72-73
784-GP6 -- X, p. 97
785-794-26 -- XI, p. 38
C21-22-GP5 -- XI, p. 102
795-GP6 -- XII, p. 25
798-GP3 -- XII, p. 107
How many more similar varieties of these designs exist? Because I don't know, I have left a few "GP#FDOI-" Catalog Numbers unassigned for future reported variations.
GP#FDOI-5 -- GP#FDOI-6 -- GP#FDOI-7 -- GP#FDOI-8 -- GP#FDOI-9
- #FDOI-10 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-10
-- Oswald A. Ludwig
#804b -- #806b -- #807a -- #835 -- #837 -- #837* -- #838 -- #852
* The #837 with a block of 4 is printed on a Carl M. Becken general purpose Air Mail envelope (GP#Border2).
![General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-10 on Scott #852 - Oswald A. Ludwig General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-10 on Scott #852 - Oswald A. Ludwig](../scott/850/852/852-gp4-fdoi-10-ebay.jpg)
- #FDOI-11 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-11 -- unknown
#1230, 4-06-1963
-- #1373, 7-16-1969
-- #1380, 9-22-1969
![General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-11 on Scott #1380 - unknown General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-11 on Scott #1380 - unknown](../scott/1350/1380/1380-gp-fdoi-11-ebay.jpg)
- #FDOI-12 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-12
-- Myron F. McCamley
#969, 9-21-1948
also a similar design, signed Fidelity: #C41-9a 8-25-1949
![Fidelity General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-12 on Scott #C41-9a - Myron F. McCamley Fidelity General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-12 on Scott #C41-9a - Myron F. McCamley](../scott/c/c41/c41-9a-fdoi-12-ebay.jpg)
- #FDOI-13 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-13 -- unknown
#900-GP10, 10-16-1940
Similar to #798-64 by Leona Christie -- XII:92
Also see: GP#FDC36 -- "First Day Cover"
![General Purpose cachet GP#FDC36 - unknown General Purpose cachet GP#FDC36 - unknown](gp/fdc/gp-fdc36.jpg)
- #FDOI-14 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-14 -- unknown
#680-GP2 violet -- 9-14-1929
-- #796-GP16 blue, XII:58 -- 8-18-1937
-- #802-GP26 purple, 12-15-1937
-- #837-GP1 purple, 7-15-1938
GP#FDOI-14 purple
-- GP#FDOI-14.1 violet
-- GP#FDOI-14.2 blue [from Planty, I have no scan]
![General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-14 on Scott #680-GP2 - unknown General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-14 on Scott #680-GP2 - unknown](../scott/650/680/680-gp2-fdoi-14-1b-ebay.jpg)
#FDOI-14a -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-14a -- unknown
#686-GP2 black -- 12-01-1930
-- #719-GP1 blue -- 6-15-1932
GP#FDOI-14a black
-- GP#FDOI-14a.1 blue
- #FDOI-15 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-15 -- unknown
#774-GP, 9-30-1935
-- #802-GP19, 12-15-1937
![General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-15 on Scott #802 - unknown General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-15 on Scott #802 - unknown](../scott/800/802/802-gp19-fdoi-15-dhh.jpg)
#FDOI-15a -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-15a -- unknown
GP#FDOI-15a1, black
--- #808-GP49-NIP, 7-01-1938
-- #1186, 9-04-1961
-- #1381-GP1, 9-24-1969
GP#FDOI-15a2, blue ---#U524-GP1, 1-01-1932
- #FDOI-16 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-16 -- unknown
-- #829, 12-02-1938
#957, 5-29-1948
-- #978, 11-19-1948
-- #E18, 10-30-1944
![General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-16 on Scott #978 - unknown General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-16 on Scott #978 - unknown](../scott/950/978/978-gp1-fdoi-16-ebay.jpg)
- #FDOI-17 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-17 -- unknown
#645, 5-26-1928
-- #747, 9-18-1934
-- #748, 8-27-1934
-- #731, 8-25-1933
Stars at bottom FDOI-17a blue -- FDOI-17b red
Stars at top FDOI-17c red
![General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-17c on Scott #731 - unknown General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-17c on Scott #731 - unknown](../scott/700/731/731-gp2-fdoi-17c-ebay.jpg)
- #FDOI-18 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-18
-- Universal Stamp Association
#634ee, 3-28-1935
Planty:
#739-GP3, VII:14, Cachetmaker identified, First Cachet)
![General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-18 on Scott #634 - Universal Stamp Association General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-18 on Scott #634 - Universal Stamp Association](../scott/600/634/634ee-gp-fdoi-18-ebay.jpg)
- #FDOI-19 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-19 -- unknown
#654, 6-05-1929
Planty:
#C12-12 III:124
![General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-19 on Scott #654 - unknown General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-19 on Scott #654 - unknown](../scott/650/654/654-gp5-fdoi-19-ebay.jpg)
- #FDOI-20 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-20 -- unknown
#683, 4-10-1930
![General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-20 on Scott #683 - unknown General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-20 on Scott #683 - unknown](../scott/650/683/683-gp1-fdoi-20-ebay.jpg)
- #FDOI-21 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-21 -- unknown
#724-CC6, 10-24-1932,
![General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-21 on Scott #724-CC6 - unknown General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-21 on Scott #724-CC6 - unknown](../scott/700/724/724-cc6-fdoi-21-ebay.jpg)
- #FDOI-22, "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-22
-- F.R. Rice (Frederick Roger)
#775, 11-01-1935
Planty:
#774-GP9, VIII:63
-- #775-GP15, VIII:88
![General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-22 on Scott #775 - F.R. Rice (Frederick Roger) General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-22 on Scott #775 - F.R. Rice (Frederick Roger)](../scott/750/775/775-gp15-fdoi-22-2nd-day-ebay.jpg)
- #FDOI-23, "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-23 -- unknown
#960, 7-31-1948
![General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-23 on Scott #960 - unknown General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-23 on Scott #960 - unknown](../scott/950/960/960-gp10-fdoi-23-ebay.jpg)
- #FDOI-24 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-24 -- unknown
#723, 8-18-1932
Planty:
#690-GP9, III:52
For the same design with "First Day Cover" text see GP#FDC5
![General Purpose cachet GP#FDC5b on Scott #657 - unknown General Purpose cachet GP#FDC5b on Scott #657 - unknown](../scott/650/657/657-gp-fdc5b-ebay.jpg)
- #FDOI-25 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-25
-- F.R. Rice? or Leona Mosher Christie?
#732-GP1, 8-15-1933, VI:18 --
-- F.R. Rice (Frederick Roger)
GP#FDOI-25a
#737-738-52, 5-02-1934, VI:86 -(6-3/4") -- 1st Leona Mosher Christie
not a General Purpose cachet
#737-738-52a, 5-02-1934, VI:86 - (#10) -- 1st Leona Mosher Christie
not a General Purpose cachet
#737-GP3, 5-02-1934, NIP -- F.R. Rice? or Leona Mosher Christie?
GP#FDOI-25b
#748-GP3, 8-27-1934, NIP -- F.R. Rice? or Leona Mosher Christie?
#776-GP7, 3-02-1936, IX:48 -- F.R. Rice (Frederick Roger)
have no scan -- "Red & silver. Only known on second day."
#776-GP7a, 3-02-1936, IX:48 -- F.R. Rice (Frederick Roger) -- GP#FDOI-25c2
#778-GP6, 5-09-1936, IX:101 -- F.R. Rice (Frederick Roger)
GP#FDOI-25c
![General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-25c on Scott #778 - F.R. Rice (Frederick Roger) General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-25c on Scott #778 - F.R. Rice (Frederick Roger)](../scott/750/778/778-gp6-fdoi-25c-ebay.jpg)
- #FDOI-26 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-26 -- N-H Stamp-Coin-Book Co.
#987-GP1-NIM
![General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-26 on Scott #987-GP1-NIM - N-H Stamp-Coin-Book Co. General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-26 on Scott #987-GP1-NIM - N-H Stamp-Coin-Book Co.](../scott/950/987/987-gp1-fdoi-26-nh-stamp-ebay.jpg)
- #FDOI-27 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-27 -- unknown
#C25-GP5-NIM, 6-25-1941
![General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-27 on Scott #C25-GP5-NIM - unknown General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-27 on Scott #C25-GP5-NIM - unknown](../scott/c/c25/c25-gp5-fdoi-27-ebay.jpg)
- #FDOI-28 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-28
-- McCaddon Company (William H. McCaddon)
#737-738-87, 5-02-1934, VI:92
-- #739-GP1, 7-07-1934, VII:14
-- #748-GP5 -- 8-27-1934, VII:49 NIP
-- #CE1-GP2, 8-30-1934, VII:106
![General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-28 on Scott #748-GP5 - McCaddon Company General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-28 on Scott #748-GP5 - McCaddon Company](../scott/700/748/748-gp5-fdoi-28-ebay.jpg)
#FDOI-28a -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-28a
-- McCaddon Company (William H. McCaddon)
#764-GP1 -- 3-15-193
-- #799-GP2, 10-18-1937, XIII:77
-- #752-771-GP1, 3-15-1935, VII:91
-- #764-GP1, 3-15-1935, VII:91
-- #774-GP1, 9-30-1935, VIII:62
-- #775-GP14, 11-01-1935, VIII:88
-- #785-794-GP4, 12-15-1936 and others, XI:86
-- #799-GP2, 10-18-1937, XIII:77
- #FDOI-29 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-29
-- Michael Sanders
#785-794-GP8, 5-26-1937, XI:86
![General Purpose cachet GP#29 on Scott #794-GP8 - Michael Sanders General Purpose cachet GP#29 on Scott #794-GP8 - Michael Sanders](../scott/750/794/794-gp8-fdoi-29-ebay.jpg)
- #FDOI-30 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-30 -- unknown
#909, 6-22-1943
![General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-30 on Scott #909 - unknown General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-30 on Scott #909 - unknown](../scott/900/909/909-gp3-fdoi-30-ebay.jpg)
- #FDOI-31 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-31 -- unknown
#1214, 11-17-1961
![General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-31 on Scott #1214 - unknown General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-31 on Scott #1214 - unknown](../scott/1200/1214/1214-gp-fdoi-31-ebay.jpg)
- #FDOI-32 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-32 -- unknown
#795-GP19, 7-13-1937, XII:26 NIP
![General Purpose cachet GP#32 on Scott #795-GP19< - unknown General Purpose cachet GP#32 on Scott 795-GP19<# - unknown](../scott/750/795/795-gp19-fdoi-32-ebay.jpg)
- #FDOI-33 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-33 -- unknown
#783, 7-14-1936
![General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-33 on Scott #783 - unknown General Purpose cachet GP#FDOI-33 on Scott #783 - unknown](../scott/750/783/783-gp4-fdoi-33-ebay.jpg)
- #FDOI-34 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#FDOI-34 -- unknown
#795-GP18, 7-13-1937, XII:26 NIP
![General Purpose cachet GP#34 on Scott #795-GP18 - unknown General Purpose cachet GP#34 on Scott #795-GP18 - unknown](../scott/750/795/795-gp18-fdoi-34-ebay.jpg)
As the following Eagle cachets are already installed and numbered, they will not be given additional "FDOI" GP Catalog Numbers.
See more Eagle GP cachets at: Cachetmaker: Unknown: Eagle Cachets
- #Eagle1 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#Eagle1 -- unknown
#854, 4-30-1939
![General Purpose cachet GP#Eagle1 on U.S. Scott #854 - unknown General Purpose cachet GP#Eagle1 on U.S. Scott #854 - unknown](../scott/850/854/854-gp-eagle1-ebay.jpg)
- #Eagle5b -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#Eagle5b -- unknown
![General Purpose cachet GP#Eagle5b on U.S. Scott #894 - unknown General Purpose cachet GP#Eagle5b on U.S. Scott #894 - unknown](../scott/850/894/894-gp1-eagle5b-ebay.jpg)
- #Eagle10 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#Eagle10 -- unknown
![General Purpose cachet GP#Eagle110 on U.S. Scott #1008 - unknown General Purpose cachet GP#Eagle110 on U.S. Scott #1008 - unknown](../scott/1000/1008/1008-gp1-eagle10-ebay.jpg)
- #Eagle13 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#Eagle13 -- unknown
Eagle13a black, #793, 3-23-1937
Eagle13b blue, #935, 10-27-194
Eagle13c red, #835, 6-21-1938
![General Purpose cachet GP#Eagle13c on Scott #835 - unknown General Purpose cachet GP#Eagle13c on Scott #835 - unknown](../scott/800/835/835-gp14-eagle13c-ebay.jpg)
- #Eagle14 -- "First Day of Issue" General Purpose -- GP#Eagle14 -- unknown
![General Purpose cachet GP#Eagle14 on Scott #720 - unknown General Purpose cachet GP#Eagle14 on Scott #720 - unknown](../scott/700/720/720-gp6-eagle14-ebay.jpg)
What's New on this page -- changes since 06-30-2023:
06-30-2024:
Added the #786-795-26 variety to #FDOI-1a
02-22-2024:
Added scans for:
#FDOI-29
-- #FDOI-30
-- #FDOI-31
-- #FDOI-32
-- #FDOI-33
-- #FDOI-34
10-04-2023:
Added #FDOI-14a --
and two new colors (violet, blue) to #FDOI-14 .
URL: https://www.folklib.net/fdc/makers/gp-fdoi.shtml
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